Master Settlement Agreement

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The Master Settlement Agreement is a landmark 1998 legal accord in which major U.S. tobacco companies agreed to pay billions of dollars to states and accept sweeping restrictions on cigarette advertising and marketing to resolve numerous lawsuits over smoking-related health costs.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf legal settlement ⓘ
multistate settlement agreement ⓘ
tobacco control measure ⓘ
alsoKnownAs MSA ⓘ
Tobacco Master Settlement Agreement ⓘ
bans brand-name sponsorship of concerts and sporting events with significant youth audiences ⓘ
most tobacco brand merchandise ⓘ
use of cartoon characters in cigarette advertising ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
createdEntity American Legacy Foundation ⓘ
Truth Initiative ⓘ
criticizedFor lack of strict requirements on how states spend settlement funds ⓘ
establishes limits on tobacco industry lobbying of youth-targeted policies ⓘ
estimatedTotalPayments over 200 billion U.S. dollars over first 25 years ⓘ
excludesState Florida ⓘ
Minnesota ⓘ
Mississippi ⓘ
Texas ⓘ
funds national anti-smoking media campaigns ⓘ
governs participating manufacturers of cigarettes ⓘ
impact major increase in state revenues from tobacco companies ⓘ
significant reduction in visible cigarette advertising in public spaces in the United States ⓘ
includesMechanism adjustments to payments based on cigarette sales volume ⓘ
non-participating manufacturer adjustment ⓘ
includesParty Brown & Williamson ⓘ
Lorillard Tobacco Company ⓘ
Philip Morris USA ⓘ
R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company ⓘ
legalBasis settlement of multiple state lawsuits ⓘ
numberOfOriginalStates 46 ⓘ
paymentDuration indefinite annual payments ⓘ
paymentRecipients participating states and territories ⓘ
primaryParties District of Columbia ⓘ
U.S. states ⓘ
U.S. territories ⓘ
major U.S. tobacco companies ⓘ
prohibits targeted marketing of cigarettes to youth ⓘ
purpose reduce youth smoking ⓘ
regulate tobacco advertising and marketing ⓘ
resolve state lawsuits seeking reimbursement for smoking-related health care costs ⓘ
relatedTo public health law in the United States ⓘ
state tobacco control programs ⓘ
requires disbanding of certain tobacco industry trade organizations ⓘ
disclosure of certain internal tobacco industry documents ⓘ
requiresPaymentOf billions of dollars annually ⓘ
restricts billboard cigarette advertising ⓘ
outdoor cigarette advertising ⓘ
transit cigarette advertising ⓘ
signedIn 1998 ⓘ
signedOn November 23, 1998 ⓘ

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Master Settlement Agreement → alsoKnownAs → Tobacco Master Settlement Agreement ⓘ
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MSA → standsFor → Master Settlement Agreement ⓘ
Philip Morris USA → involvedIn → Master Settlement Agreement ⓘ
Philip Morris USA → partyTo → Master Settlement Agreement ⓘ
Truth Initiative → foundedAsResultOf → Master Settlement Agreement ⓘ
Brown & Williamson → roleIn → Master Settlement Agreement ⓘ
Brown & Williamson → partyTo → Tobacco Master Settlement Agreement ⓘ
linked to: Master Settlement Agreement
Lorillard Tobacco Company → involvedIn → Master Settlement Agreement with U.S. states ⓘ
linked to: Master Settlement Agreement
U.S. tobacco industry → regulatedByLaw → Master Settlement Agreement ⓘ